Lost am I (FreeBSD4.10)

[Micheal Patterson]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk at daleco.biz>
To: "Matthew Seaman" <m.seaman at infracaninophile.co.uk>
Cc: "gazwacker the kazmaster" <gazwacker at mail.com>; 
<freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 3:52 PM
Subject: Re: Lost am I (FreeBSD4.10)


> Matthew Seaman wrote:
>
>>On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 11:19:05PM -0500, gazwacker the kazmaster 
>>wrote:
>>
>>>Annoyed am I. For mine computer hath been tampered upon by a fool
>>>which hath deleted mine "/usr/share" folder. I have the
>>>installation CD, now how would I re-install my purloined portfolio?
>>>(If no one knows how to do that, a copy of the 
>>>"/usr/share/misc/termcap" file would suffice)
>>>
>>
>>Grab the system sources via cvsup, and do a 'make world' cycle as
>>described here:
>>
>> 
>> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvsup.html
>>
>>and here
>>
>> 
>> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html
>>
>>That will reinstall the contents of /usr/share along with all of the
>>rest of the system -- sure, it's a sledge hammer, but it will crack
>>this nut very effectively.  Nb. you should always compile a new kernel
>>to go with the new system -- having kernel and world out of synch
>>tends to cause a number of oddities of behaviour in the system.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Matthew
>>
>
> Lo!  A large hammer indeed.
>
> Might not he simply changeth to /usr/src/share (if he indeed hath
> such) and typest "make install" as root?
>
> Kevin Kinsey
> _______________________________________________

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Micheal Patterson
TSG Network Administration
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